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Prison guards sue DOC over work rule
By host.madison.com/ - Ed Treleven
Published: 08/07/2013

WISCONSIN - Stripped of collective bargaining as a means to resolve disputes with the state two years ago, a group of state prison guards filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday over a recent work rule that defines when they are considered “on duty.”

A group of 10 prison guards from institutions across Wisconsin allege that a recent work policy doesn’t pay them for work they do before and after the policy considers them to be “on duty,” according to a lawsuit filed in Dane County Circuit Court.

The 10 are seeking to have the lawsuit certified as a class action that could include more than 3,000 people.

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